躉 (dan2 | dun3) : put down; pedestal; supporters

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躉

dan2

dun3

[1] [粵] put sth down
[2] [粵] pedestal; base; foundation | [variant] 墩
[3] [粵] supporters; followers; fans
[4] [粵] block (of building, statue, etc)
[5] [粵] [slang] buttocks; bottom
[6] [adj] wholesale; in whole batch
[7] [v] buy wholesale; hoard

nasal-stop alternant: 凸 [dat1] (for meaning of "put down")

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#157)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

躉 / 趸

This word has been viewed 6927 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Oct 2012 02:30

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打躉 daa2 dan2 da3 dun3 = in toto 粵

擁躉 jung2 dan2 = supporters 粵

監躉 gaam1 dan2 = prisoner; convict; jailbird 粵

香爐躉 hoeng1 lou4 dan2 = the only son in a family 粵

油躉 jau4 dan2 = an oil barge 粵

龍躉 lung4 dan2 long2 dun3 = 1. giant grouper 2. a huge butt; a big bottom 粵

風頭躉 fung1 tau4 dan2 = attention-seeker 粵

躉售 dan2 sau6 dun3 shou4 = sell wholesale

Showing all 4 examples containing 躉

佢嘅躉好揦大粵
Her ass is damn huge!
[Lit. Her ass very [mild expletive] big http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,135805,135810#msg-135810]

佢有大把擁躉粵
He's got a lot of fans

佢之前係個監躉。粵
He was in jail before.
[[This is not very polite.]]

呢袋衫躉喺你度先。粵
I'll leave this bag of clothes with you for the time being.

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Decimal representation of this word: 躉
Unicode code for this character: U+8e89 (off-site link)

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